If you have been good the past year with your fitness goals, and have consistently made gains from your training, then don’t miss time to share the gift of fitness. Fitness is not just about abs and arms, but about improving your health and overall quality of life. If you have exercised regularly enough, you probably have felt more energetic, alive, and just happier about life. This is something that you would want your family and friends to have, right?

As a Personal Trainer both in-person and online, I know it could be tough most of the time to motivate other people to get into fitness, especially family and friends. But like what I always say, “Consistency is the key to success” and I’m sure eventually they will agree with you and might even come with you to the gym!

So start them off by giving them something inspiring and useful this Christmas from my list below that would hopefully get them to think more about their fitness. Maybe you could even get one for yourself! Simply click the links below to lead you to an Amazon page where you can easily order your gifts. Amazon offers FREE SHIPPING for orders over $25.00!

Here’s my Top 5 Fitness Gift Ideas for Christmas 2016:

1.) Ab roller – the ab roller is a small but absolutely effective equipment to work the abs. When used properly, it could target not just every muscle of the “core” but also the arms, shoulders,and even legs! I personally like the dual ab roller, because it provides more challenge to shoulder stabilizers and core, but better give a standard uni-wheel ab roller for beginners and intermediate exercisers.

2.) Exercise Bands – yet another small but tough fitness equipment to have, exercise bands are very portable and could be used almost anywhere! There will be no excuse left not to workout with these ones! Exercise bands promote eccentric contraction when used in a controlled manner (vs. jerky, fast movements) which is great for building strength and muscle tone. This is a good choice if the person you’re thinking of giving a gift to is someone who is not confident of their body and overall strength, and needs something simple to get started with. You can also give them an exercise band manual to compete the package.

3.) Suspension Trainers – suspension training have been a hit a few years ago, but like any fitness trends, the hype about them has subsided. Whether it’s still an “in” thing to do or not, it’s effectiveness remains unchanged! This is an option for people who have a significant base strength and are looking for a challenge. As long as they have something to anchor it to, suspension Trainers can be a fitness friend for frequent travelers or out-of-gym exercisers. There were a few types and brands that came out during its peak, but below is my personal choice:

4.) Nutrition App – the notion “abs are made in the kitchen” is true. For tech savvy individuals who are looking to eat healthier and/or lose weight, surprising them with a nutrition app installed in their phone could be a simple but thoughtful gift. Below are apps that I recommend, some of them I even used with my clients:

5.) Fitness Tracking Device – some people say they don’t work because steps aren’t measured accurately. What I say in response is, how can you expect it to measure accurate steps if it’s strapped in your hand?? I don’t intend to start a group of people wearing anklets of fitness trackers, but the point of wearing one is not to measure how many steps a person does in a day exactly. Wearing a Fitbit myself, I realised how it’s very motivating to ‘put in steps’ each day and just keep being active. They are a great tool to motivate people to move and be active, and even ‘compete’ with their family or friends for more fun and challenge! Here’s a couple of choices of awesome fitness trackers you could get:

If the person you’re thinking about is seriously considering committed training whether in the gym or at home, then signing them up for Online Training is the best choice! As a treat, I’m offering a 12-Days til Christmas special: Sign up on or 12-days before December 25 2016 and get a 25% off on any Fitness Coaching Package offered from Fitness Coaching for Me. Simply answer the form on the Services page here, and we’ll get started.